Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan–there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, The 4-Hour Workweek is the blueprint.

This step-by-step guide to luxury lifestyle design teaches:

•How Tim went from $40,000 per year and 80 hours per week to $40,000 per month and 4 hours per week

4. Get outside everyday: Take advantage of what this world
has to offer. Even if it’s just 15 minutes on the patio watching the
rain, revel in nature around you. It has the power to bring us back to our
youth when we spent our days playing outside.

5. Do something physical everyday: I’m not talking
about working out though that is important. Take advantage of what you can do
today. There will be a time when you can’t, and you should approach that
day with no regret. Go fishing, take a walk, throw a ball etc

6. Enjoy what you eat: In this day and age, everyone is
trying to lead healthier lives, however we all need to allow ourselves the simple
pleasure of a good meal with good friends every now and then. What’s the
point of a long life if you hate what you eat.

7. Be friendly: If you have to accumulate something,
accumulate friends

8. Focus on friends and family: Your happiness is directly
related to our relationships with these people.

9. Act the way you want your children to act: Children take
after us more by what we do than what we say. Does the phrase “ why can’t
I do it? You do it” sound familiar. Without even trying my kids want the
same haircut as me and want to walk around the house without a shirt like me.
We are their first heroes and will try to emulate us. Even if you don’t
have kids, acting in a way you want your hypothetical kids to act can make you
a better person IE harder worker, kinder person, etc

Indeed, and much more. This is not just another diet and fitness book.

The 4-Hour Body is the result of an obsessive quest, spanning more than a decade, to hack the human body. It contains the collective wisdom of hundreds of elite athletes, dozens of MDs, and thousands of hours of jaw-dropping personal experimentation. From Olympic training centers to black-market laboratories, from Silicon Valley to South Africa, Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek, fixated on one life-changing question:

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